The Hon. Thilina Samarakoon
Asked the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development to explain the Sri Lanka Transport Board’s methodology for purchasing bus spare parts and managing spare-part stocks. He sought clarification on whether the current procurement system has acknowledged flaws, what those flaws are, whether a more reliable system can be introduced, how long the existing stock management method has been used, and whether a computerized stock management system will be developed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sri Lanka Transport Board: Methodology of Purchasing Spare Parts
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¶ 03 Question to the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development: (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the methodology under which spare part stocks required for the buses of the Sri Lanka Transport Board are purchased; (ii) whether he will admit that there are flaws in the said methodology; (iii) if so, such flaws; (iv) whether there is a possibility to introduce a flawless methodology for that; (v) the stock management methodology that is adopted in relation to spare parts; (vi) the duration for which the said methodology has been in use; and (vii) whether a computer system will be developed for stock management? (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 11 November 2025 ·No. 22786 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Thilina Samarakoon. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 November 2025. No. 22786. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11875